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Chris had not made it back to Kuwait. His vehicle had apparently swerved into a ditch trying to avoid a civilian vehicle outside Baghdad; he died shortly after being airlifted to a hospital south of Baghdad...
...economy as a whole may not be catastrophic. But Russia's image has taken a battering: doing business here once again looks risky. The delicate balance in Putin's Kremlin has been destroyed. And the hard-liners' attack on Yukos has produced precisely the result they were trying to avoid, Pavlovsky notes dryly: Khodorkovsky is now a major political figure...
...last week failed for the 17th time in 25 years to pass a budget on time, with Republicans refusing to accept any tax increases and Democrats calling for a mix of increases and spending cuts. Davis is attempting to bridge the ideological divide in Sacramento, but he can't avoid sniping at some of the Republican cost-saving proposals, including raising the age for kindergarten eligibility. "I won't sign a budget that slams the door on more than 100,000 kindergarten kids," he says...
...Stay in Power Tung could weather the storm by sacking the more unpopular members of his Cabinet. Topping that list would be Secretary for Security Regina Ip, the public face of Article 23, and Financial Secretary Antony Leung, under fire for the ailing economy?and for trying to avoid a hefty new car tax that he himself introduced...
...this is an overall tendency to scale back information about crime to avoid public scrutiny, that’s a very bad thing,” he said...